German Minister Müller to Visit Rohingya Camps Wednesday

German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dr. Gerd Müller will be visiting the Rohingya settlements in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday to see the situation on the ground.

The German Minister arrived here on Tuesday on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral issues with special focus on the RMG sector, trade union, and Rohingya situation.

The German minister, leading a delegation, is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at 6:30 pm on Tuesday at her official residence Gonobhaban, said an official.

Since 1972, Germany has provided financial and technical assistance for the development of Bangladesh, totalling over EUR 3 billion, according to the German Embassy.

Bangladesh-German development cooperation has a long-standing history in supporting infrastructure, health, poverty alleviation, good governance, and human rights, energy efficiency and renewable energy, climate change adaptation, and recently also the Rohingya and host communities in Cox’s Bazar, it said.

Bangladesh is now hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas and most of them entered the country since August 25, 2017, amid military crackdowns on them in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.

Source: UNB